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This study investigates the relationship between Narcissism and Empathy, The aim was to
explore if the Empathy deficiency associated with Narcisissm was universal to all facets of
empathy (cognitive and emotional empathy) or if it was concentrated in one facet. A total of
137 participants took part in this research, 48 men and 89 women, all of whom were students.
This research used three questionnaires to gather the necessary information; The Narcissistic
Personality Inventory, (Raskin& Hall, 1979), The Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis
1980) and The Big Five Inventory (John and Srivastava, 1999). The analysis revealed a
negative correlation between Narcissism and Empathy and that men were significantly more
Narcissistic than women. The analysis also revealed that Narcissists had a moderate
significant negative correlation with emotional empathy, but no significant correlation with
cognitive empathy. Finally the research suggests some anomalies do exist in the relation
between narcissism and empathy. Author keywords: Narcissism, empathy, cognitive empathy, emotional empathy, exploitative, entitlement